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<blockquote data-quote="MoltenLava" data-source="post: 46044">What exactly is the purpose of this test?&nbsp; I thought you wanted to see if your designs are rendered correctly on Mac.&nbsp; If you test in a configuration that no one or very few people use and it passes the test, what does it tell you?&nbsp; Nothing much.&nbsp; That's why I was suggesting a platform that reflects most Mac users.&nbsp; A common mistake in testing especially in performance testing is to ignore old hardware.&nbsp; There is a class of application, namely games, that demand the best and the latest hardware.&nbsp; They'll scoff at hardware older than 6 months as being obsolete.&nbsp; But most people out there do not have the latest hardware!!Regarding hardware requirement for OS X, my gut feeling is that you need at least 500MHz processor, whether it's G3 or G4, in order to run OS X without too much performance problems.&nbsp; G3 and G4 are basically the same.&nbsp; The main difference is AltiVec or Velocity Engine included with G4.&nbsp; The performance is similar at the same clock rate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoltenLava, post: 46044"] What exactly is the purpose of this test? I thought you wanted to see if your designs are rendered correctly on Mac. If you test in a configuration that no one or very few people use and it passes the test, what does it tell you? Nothing much. That's why I was suggesting a platform that reflects most Mac users. A common mistake in testing especially in performance testing is to ignore old hardware. There is a class of application, namely games, that demand the best and the latest hardware. They'll scoff at hardware older than 6 months as being obsolete. But most people out there do not have the latest hardware!! Regarding hardware requirement for OS X, my gut feeling is that you need at least 500MHz processor, whether it's G3 or G4, in order to run OS X without too much performance problems. G3 and G4 are basically the same. The main difference is AltiVec or Velocity Engine included with G4. The performance is similar at the same clock rate. [/QUOTE]

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